Awarded Grants
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. The vast majority of the grants made by Open Society are to organizations, but we also award a limited number of grants to individuals, primarily through scholarships and fellowships offered across a number of different programs.
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African Women's Development and Communications Network - FEMNET
2019$180,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term18 months
RegionAfrica
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Aquacultural Association of Kenya
2019$155,000Descriptionto provide relief and advancement of smallholder aquaculture farmers in Kenya who are typically poor / low income because they are producing at subsistence level. This would be accomplished by improving the infrastructure of AAK, the only smallholder producer-owned aquaculture organization in Kenya exclusively representing, supporting and advocating on behalf of smallholder producers. Supporting AAK will lead to improved gains for smallholder farmers, increased local production of fish and reduced importation of same with a view to supporting businesses owned by poor / low income individuals and/or creating job opportunities for poor / low income individuals.
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre US Ltd.
2019$118,200Descriptionto support development of a broad national dialogue on business and human rights and to expand awareness around corporate accountability among key stakeholders
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term15 months
RegionMiddle East and North Africa
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Center for American Progress
2019$150,000Descriptionto write a report on existing trade regime and its impact on domestic social policy
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term18 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Centre for Local Economic Strategies
2019$150,000Descriptionto enable the growth of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) Community Wealth Building Centre of Excellence to catalyse a national shift in the practice of local economic development, towards the growth of locally owned and controlled local economies, with an explicit focus on new ownership models for low-income workers, and target economically deprived areas of the UK.
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term13 months
RegionEurope
Co-operatives UK Ltd
2019$159,183Descriptionto develop a form of seed funding to help platform co-operatives in the UK to start and grow, offering a worker ownership model that may help address economic inequality and labor rights.
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term23 months
RegionEurope
Corporacion Transparencia por Colombia
2019$231,266Descriptionto support the Grantee's work on accountability for extractive industry royalties
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term21 months
RegionLatin America and The Caribbean
FunderOpen Society Policy Center Inc.
Corruption Watch
2019$110,000Descriptionto support the Grantee in a public education campaign and to pursue accountability for State Capture cases in South Africa
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term15 months
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Echo Network Africa (ENA)
2019$249,882Descriptionto enhance sustainable livelihoods and empower rural women and their families’ wellness, health, mental and social wellbeing. The project will aim at achieving two objectives; i) strengthen women’s voices to reduce human rights violations along the aquaculture value chain and ii) to enhance participation of women in aquaculture as a sustainable economic activity.
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term2 years
RegionAfrica
Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, Inc.
2019$200,000Descriptionto provide general support
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEconomic Justice Program
Term1 year
RegionGlobal
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
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